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January 18, 2022
UNIVERSITY CITY - The University of Pennsylvania’s Law School Dean has started the sanctions process against Professor Amy Wax. Professor Wax recently came under intense criticism for controversial comments she made about Asian immigrants.
In a letter released Tuesday, Dean Ted Ruger cited Professor Amy Wax’s repeated statements regarding, "…a majority of those who study, teach, and work," at...
January 18, 2022
Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Jay-Z and many of his contemporaries are pushing for prosecutors to stop using rap lyrics in attempts to prove guilt during criminal trials.
Hov, Big Sean, Meek Mill, Fat Joe, and more, are backing a proposed bill named “Rap Music on Trial” (S.7527/A.8681), with the hopes of it becoming a state law, per Rolling Stone...
January 18, 2022
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!
According to the Thomson Reuters Institute and the Georgetown University Law Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession’s 2022 Report on the State of the Legal Market, how much are profits per equity partner up in 2021 — over 2020 — for the Am Law 100?
Hint: Profits per equity partner were also up for the Am Law Second Hundred ...
January 18, 2022
The statewide hotline for domestic violence saw a surge in calls, starting in late spring. Numbers jumped as high as 90% last year, compared to 2019 numbers.
As domestic violence complaints continue to rise, judges, court employees and prosecutors will be required to undergo expanded training to help them understand trauma’s impact on victims and their children and identify warning signs an a...
January 18, 2022
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A health official who has helped lead central Florida's response to the pandemic has been put on administrative leave as state officials investigate whether he tried to compel employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in violation of state law.
The state health agency is conducting an inquiry into Raul Pino, director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, “to de...
January 18, 2022
Wisconsin state Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (front row, left) and state Sen. Joan Ballweg (front row, right) present the Wisconsin Act 115 plaque to the Delton Fire Department. Pictured in the back row from left to right are Village of Lake Delton Police Chief Daniel Hardman, Village of Lake Delton Fire Chief Darren Jorgenson and Village of Lake Delton firefighter/Sauk County Sheriff's Sgt. Joe Sabol...
January 18, 2022
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A health official who has helped lead central Florida’s response to the pandemic has been put on administrative leave as state officials investigate whether he tried to compel employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in violation of state law.
The state health agency is conducting an inquiry into Raul Pino, director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, “t...
January 18, 2022
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A health official who has helped lead central Florida s response to the pandemic has been put on administrative leave as state officials investigate whether he tried to compel employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in violation of state law.
The state health agency is conducting an inquiry into Raul Pino, di...
January 18, 2022
FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses a joint session of a legislative session, Jan. 11, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. Democratic and Republican governors are taking vastly different approaches to addressing the ongoing pandemic in their state of the state speeches. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A health official who has helped lead central Florida's response to t...
January 18, 2022
Fuel prices are displayed outside gas stations in Princeton, Ill., on April 1, 2020.
Vanessa Sutherland to succeed general counsel Paula Johnson
Norfolk Southern promotes Lorri Kleine to lead legal group
Phillips 66 is getting a new general counsel, Vanessa Sutherland, from Norfolk Southern Corp., where she was chief legal officer, recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa said Tuesday.
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